Fedi meta, quote tweeting

On whether quote tweeting is harmful:

It was assumed so as an early driver of Mastodon’s design, but not by other Fediverse software.

Widely-held assumptions aren’t proof, and should be tested.

QTs can be used harmfully
So can replies, DMs, and boosts.

I’ve seen articles arguing that *retweets* are the feature that made Twitter super toxic.

QTs’ contribution to toxicity should be evaluated in the context of *every* feature’s contribution, not just its own.